Open to new opportunities · Payments Product Leader

Turning payments into measurable revenue — without compromising trust.

I'm Cong Ngo, a payments product leader who optimizes payment acceptance, fraud & risk, and checkout to lift sales volume and customer lifetime value while keeping platforms safe. Six years across Visa, BCG, and a top-5 U.S. social casino.

$800M+
Annual sales volume owned
$30M
Revenue recovered / year
70%
Fraud & chargebacks cut
6 yrs
In payments & product
Career Highlights

Outcomes that moved the top line

Four results that capture how I turn payment performance into revenue — backed by metrics, not estimates.

$30M
annual sales recovered

Auth Rate Optimization & Fraud Management

ARB Interactive · US Market · Merchant · 2024–2026

Lifted authorization rates by 4% and cut fraud & chargebacks by 70% through 3DS optimization, pre- and post-authorization risk management, smart retries, and smart routing across an $800M+ annual sales portfolio.

3DS OptimizationSmart RoutingSmart RetryFraud ManagementPayment Processing
$400M
quarterly volume lift

Payments Management Consulting

Boston Consulting Group · US & Europe · Processor · 2023–2024

Delivered a $400M quarterly payment volume lift and 2% increase in auth rates for a leading processor handling $150B+ in annual volume through payment orchestration, VAS optimization, and a strategic risk management framework.

Payment OrchestrationRisk ManagementVAS Optimization
3%
auth rate lift via orchestration

Payment/Service Orchestration

Visa / CyberSource · Global · Payment Gateway · 2022–2023

Led data science and engineering teams to build and ship ML models for smart routing, retry, and dynamic filtering within CyberSource Service Orchestration. Productized Payment Anomaly Detection and drove a 30% YoY increase in transaction volume for key merchants.

Payment OrchestrationModel FinetuningPayment Analytics AdvisoryAnomaly Detection
$3M
annual cost savings

PSP Partnership & Negotiation

ARB Interactive · US Market · 2024–2026

Saved ~$3M annually by renegotiating processor contracts to remove unnecessary services and reduce pay-in volume commitments — unlocking a multi-processor strategy, securing reimbursement for production issues caused by unannounced processor changes, and lowering processing costs across Card and ACH rails.

NegotiationRoot Cause AnalysisFinancial ModelingPayment Cost Analysis
Professional Journey

Experience

Six years building and scaling payments, product, and risk across Visa, BCG, and a top-5 U.S. social casino.

ARB Interactive (Modo US)
Director of Product, Payments and User Trust
September 2024 – May 2026Remote, San Francisco
  • Design and execute optimization and growth strategies for the Payment Acceptance, Disbursement, and Fraud Management portfolios of a top-5 U.S. online social casino with $800M+ annual sales volume.
  • Recovered ~$30M in annual sales by lifting authorization by 4% and cutting fraud & chargebacks by 70% through 3DS optimization, smart retries, and smart routing.
  • Spearheaded redemption optimization to increase customer lifetime value, drive sustainable sales, and minimize churn rate.
  • Implemented GeoComply geolocation and revamped the KYC suite (ID, bank, address, card validations), aligning with compliance standards while reducing friction.
  • Managed processor relationships, migrated card vault tokens, renegotiated contracts, and exited Visa's VAMP fraud program.
Boston Consulting Group
Payment Consultant
November 2023 – June 2024Remote, Vietnam & Miami
  • Delivered a $400M quarterly payment volume lift and 2% increase in CNP auth rate through payment orchestration and VAS optimization for a processor handling $150B+ annually.
  • Grew payment volume from top-20 iGaming merchants via tailored advisory programs on risk management, VAS, and new payment capabilities.
  • Defined a long-term roadmap for a best-in-class risk engine; developed a fraud detection model for the card-not-present portfolio.
  • Conducted market research and expert calls to size markets in high-risk verticals: cannabis, iGaming, and crypto.
Skola.Tech
Head of Product
September 2023 – January 2024Hybrid, Vietnam
  • Launched the MVP and defined the Product Strategy Stack, goals, and end-to-end user journey.
  • Scaled thousands of tech and ESG courses, secured 2 national bank contracts, and onboarded thousands of students.
Visa Inc.
Product Manager, CyberSource Service Orchestration
March 2022 – June 2023Austin, TX
  • Led data science and engineering teams to build, fine-tune, and ship ML models for smart routing, retry, data enrichment, and dynamic filtering — lifting auth rate by 3%.
  • Productized Payment Anomaly Detection; drove pilot adoption across internal sales, support, and SRE teams.
  • Enhanced key merchant relationships, resulting in a 30% YoY increase in transaction volume.
Visa Inc.
Associate Product Manager, Talent Acquisition & Employee Experience
August 2020 – March 2022Austin, TX
  • Built an NLP-powered Employee Referral Tool that simplified referral submissions and automated recruiting communications.
  • Won Visa's Technical Innovator Award in 2021.
Bentley Systems
Associate Product Manager, CONNECT Products and Services
January 2020 – May 2020Philadelphia, PA
  • Led the decommissioning project and redesigned the CONNECT portal's Notification Preferences for mobile and desktop apps.
Skills & Expertise

Deep across the payments stack

Expert across the full lifecycle — from authentication and authorization to chargebacks, payout, and settlement — grounded in a strong analytics foundation.

Payments Core5+ yrs
Payment Acceptance & AuthorizationExpert
Payment Orchestration & RoutingAdvanced
3DS & Strong Customer AuthAdvanced
Fraud & Chargeback ManagementProficient
Product Leadership6+ yrs
Cross-functional Team LeadershipExpert
Product Strategy & RoadmappingAdvanced
A/B Testing & ExperimentationAdvanced
Merchant & Partner ManagementAdvanced
Data & Analytics6+ yrs
KPI Tracking & ReportingExpert
Dashboard DevelopmentExpert
SQL & Data QueryingAdvanced
ML Model ProductizationProficient
Tools & Platforms

Payment, Fraud & Risk Tools

Checkout.comFiservPaysafeCyberSourceTrustlySiftGeoComplyVGSVeriffChargebacks911

Data Analytics & Visualization

SQLTableauAmplitudeMetabasePowerBISnowflakeAlteryxHadoopRQlikSenseA/B TestingExcel

UX / UI & Design

FigmaAdobe XDInVisionPowerPointCoworkCodexBolt

Programming & Technical

Claude CoworkPythonPostmanAPI ScriptingVisio
Get in touch

Let's talk payments & product

Open to product leadership conversations in payments, fraud & risk, and fintech. The fastest way to reach me is below.